John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Croall is a distinguished biographer and theatre historian. He is the author of over twenty-five books, notably the acclaimed biographies John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Sta r (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama) and Sybil Thorndike: A Star of Life . His other titles include The Coming of Godot: A Short History of a Masterpiece (short-listed for the 2005 Theatre Book Prize); The Wit and Wisdom (and Gaffes) of John Gielgud and In Search of Gielgud: A Biographer’s Tale ; two collections of his theatre journalism, Buzz Buzz! Playwrights, Actors and Directors at the National Theatre and Closely Observed Theatre: From the National to the Old Vic ; and three books in the series The National Theatre at Work – Hamlet Observed , Peter Hall’s ‘Bacchai’ , and Inside the Molly House . Klappentext The paperback edition of the acclaimed definitive life of John Gielgud! arguably the greatest classical actor of the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung The paperback edition of the acclaimed definitive life of John Gielgud, arguably the greatest classical actor of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Croall, Jonathan (Theatre Historian Croall, Jonathan (Theatre Historian) Croall, Croall Jonathan
• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9781408179451
• ISBN: 978-1-4081-7945-1
• No. of pages: 736
• Series: Biography and Autobiography; Biography and Autobiography
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Theaterwissenschaft, einzelne Schauspieler und Darsteller, Film, Kino, Fernsehen, TV, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning, Individual actors & performers, Biography: arts & entertainment, Theatre Studies, Theatre: individual actors & directors, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers